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NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Data released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for the S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 3.02% over the 12-months ending March 2013, decelerating from the +3.11% annual growth rate recorded in February. It posted the lowest rate of growth since January 2005. Seven of the nine S&P Healthcare Economic...

Greencrest Capital has announced today that its research, reports, analysis and thematic work will be available to S&P Capital IQ desktop clients. As of today and for the first time, Greencrest’s widely featured and discussed reports on sectors like big data, storage and sync, social networks and leading private companies like Twitter, Dropbox, Square and Spotify, are included in S&P Capital IQ’s After-market Research and Real-Time Research collections for users with access to...

NEW YORK, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Six equity analysts from S&P Capital IQ have been ranked as "Best on the Street" in seven categories in The Wall Street Journal's annual survey of equity analysts stock picking. This year's second place finish marks the eighth time in eleven years that S&P Capital IQ's independent equity research team has finished in the top ten in The Wall Street Journal's prestigious survey. Overall, S&P Capital IQ's equity analysts have been...

Robust Suite of Credit Risk Assessment Tools Expands S&P Capital IQ's Full Offering of Multi-Asset Class Data and Analytics NEW YORK, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class research, data and analytics, today announced the launch of a new suite of credit solutions designed to help assess both rated and unrated public and private companies globally with both "point-in-time" and "through-the-cycle" assessments. Beginning on April 29,...

NEW YORK, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Data released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for the S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 3.10% over the 12-months ending February 2013, slower than the +3.82% annual growth rate recorded in January. All nine of S&P Healthcare Economic Indices showed slower annual growth rates for February 2013...

Launched in the U.S., CNX streamlines site identification, acquisition, and transactions necessary for expansion of fiber, fixed wireless, and mobile broadband services. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 Connected Nation Exchange (CNX) announced today the company’s launch and creation of the nation’s first digital asset exchange. CNX is bringing asset owners together with interested buyers - those companies that need more sites to expand the reach and density of their networks. The...

LONDON, April 16 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Western European CDS spreads have experienced a relatively stable quarter, despite receiving news that Cypriot banks - after taking a hit on their investment in Greek bonds - were insolvent, according to S&P Capital IQ's latest quarterly Global Sovereign Debt Credit Risk Report. A last minute bail out of Cyprus prevented a default as upfront prices fluctuated 7pts towards the end of the quarter. However, default risks remain high at 70%...

NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- While it may be tempting to think China, India, and other major developing economies are the best way for equity investors to play the spread of globalization, S&P Capital IQ Equity Research says this narrow approach risks excluding the next generation of up and coming nations just as growth is starting to slow in the largest emerging markets. In a recent report entitled "The Final Frontier," S&P Capital IQ Global Equity Strategist...

New Consolidated feed provides normalized, global content from over 110 Exchanges available from a single 'point of presence' NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ, a business line of the McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) and a leading provider of multi-asset class data, research and analytics, today announced the availability of a consolidated financial data feed providing normalized, global content from over 110 exchanges that can be taken from a single point...

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FinancialNewsMedia.com issues market news report for today's Active HealthCare Companies: Embark Holdings, Inc., Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (NYSE: VSI), MusclePharm Corporation, Repros Therapeutics Inc.(NASDAQ: RPRX), Unilife Corporation (NASDAQ: UNIS) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) Embark Holdings, Inc. a leader in providing research, evaluation and acquisition services to businesses throughout the world, announced...